active voice | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek spenni | 1pl | vér spennum | 1sg | ek spenna | 1pl | vér spennim |
2sg | þú spennir | 2pl | þér spennið | 2sg | þú spennir | 2pl | þér spennið |
3sg | hon spennir | 3pl | þau spenna | 3sg | hon spenni | 3pl | þau spenni |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek spennta | 1pl | vér spenntum | 1sg | ek spennta | 1pl | vér spenntim |
2sg | þú spenntir | 2pl | þér spenntuð | 2sg | þú spenntir | 2pl | þér spenntið |
3sg | hon spennti | 3pl | þau spenntu | 3sg | hon spennti | 3pl | þau spennti |
preterite infinitive | spenntu | ||||||
past participle | f. | spennt | m. | spenntr | n. | spennt | |
imperative | 2sg | spenn | 1pl | spennum | 2pl | spennið |
middle voice: spennask | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek spennumk | 1pl | vér spennumk | 1sg | ek spennumk | 1pl | vér spennimk |
2sg | þú spennisk | 2pl | þér spennizk | 2sg | þú spennisk | 2pl | þér spennizk |
3sg | hon spennisk | 3pl | þau spennask | 3sg | hon spennisk | 3pl | þau spennisk |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek spenntumk | 1pl | vér spenntumk | 1sg | ek spenntumk | 1pl | vér spenntimk |
2sg | þú spenntisk | 2pl | þér spenntuzk | 2sg | þú spenntisk | 2pl | þér spenntizk |
3sg | hon spenntisk | 3pl | þau spenntusk | 3sg | hon spenntisk | 3pl | þau spenntisk |
past participle | n. | spennzk | |||||
imperative | 2sg | spennsk | 1pl | spennumk | 2pl | spennizk |
Sense “clasp”: causative of a lost verb *spanna VIIc corresponding to PG *spannaną, OE spannan VII, ME spannen, Dutch, German spannen. Sense “spend”: derived from Latin expendere, from which also ME spenden, MnE spend. Preterite variant spenti, participle spentr. The present subjunctive, plural indicative, and imperative systems coincide with those of a lexical variant of sperna III “kick.”
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